DILI: Lead civil society organisation Luta Hamutuk has called for action on promises from the Timorese government to support thousands affected by catastrophic floods in and around the Dili capital twelve months ago, warning that many were living in unsafe conditions.
DILI: Timor-Leste’s government email to order COVID-19 PCR results is now up and running amid the Omicron variant surge, the Ministry of Health said on Monday.
DILI: Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak has cancelled an official trip to Australia after testing positive for COVID-19, his office said on Tuesday.
DILI:Timor-Leste government workers, today, 28 January, will lead residents of Dili in searching for and destroying mosquito breeding sites across the city, under the national dengue clean-up campaign.
DILI: Timor-Leste’s electoral board has said it’s received submissions from eight candidates for the Presidential election on 15 March.
DILI: International Peace Prize Winner and University Lecturer Antero Benedito da Silva announced his candidacy for president on Thursday, saying he was motivated to lead the country to support its youth.
BAUKAU: Timorese and United States military started rehabilitation work on the U.S-funded Baucau airfield, part of an effort to improve Timor-Leste’s maritime awareness and natural disaster response capacity at a cost of $10 million.
DILLI: The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday expressed caution about relying on repeating booster doses of the original COVID-19 vaccines, saying it was not a viable strategy against emerging variants.
DILI: The United Nations cultural agency (UNESCO) has added the art of traditional Timorese weaving to its Intangible Cultural Heritage List.
DILI: An outbreak of dengue fever has killed at least eight people in Dili since the start of November, and authorities have launched a campaign about importance of destroying mosquito breeding grounds.
DILI: Timor-Leste’s president of the Republic on Monday approved Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak’s $1.95billion budget for this year.
PANTE MAKASAR: The Oecusse District Court on Tuesday has jailed defrocked American priest Richard Daschbach for 12 years after he was charged with sexually abusing several orphaned girls in his care.
DILI: As the coronavirus dominates attention across Timor-Leste, another deadly viral infection is quietly stalking the country.
DILI: The final ashes of Max Stahl, Timor-Leste’s freedom hero and courageous truth-telling friend, will rest in Timor-Leste.